I used turtle in python to make an bad design generator

Question

So i made a simple input(), slapped in a background with bgpic, and made so that the thing user wrote in input will work as text on the window, and it works. Is there any way so i can save the contents of the window to my pc without screenshots and cropping it?

Answer 1

I just had a rollercoaster of discovery with this exact problem! I ended up using the properties of turtle as a tkinter canvas to save it to a postscript. Then I used Pillow to convert the .ps to a .png. Here is the code I ended with:

import turtle
from PIL import Image

t = turtle.Turtle()
draw_stuff()

# Save as a postscript:
canvas = t.getscreen().getcanvas()
canvas.postscript(file="myfile.ps")

# Convert to a png:
img = Image.open('myfile.ps')
img.save('myfile.png')

For further information here are my posted questions: This shows how to convert it to a .ps:

How can I save a Turtle object (turtle.py) as a .png or .jpg in Python 3?

This shows how to convert it to a .png using PIL. NOTE: If you go to this link and look at the pictures, you should see an error just like the one you got.

How can I convert a .ps file into a .png file?

Feel free to ask any questions, especially about any problems you encounter with Ghostscript or PATH. Hope this helps!

How to fix the OS Error: Ghostscript not found in paths: First. make sure you've downloaded ghostscript. Here is the link to download the most recent version:

https://www.ghostscript.com/download/gsdnld.html

Once downloaded, go to your file explorer then open C:\Windows\Program Files (x86)\gs. (You may have to click view then check the hidden files box at the top of the interface) Then open gs9.52 and click the folder "bin". Copy the file path, it should be:

C:\Program Files (x86)\gs\gs9.52\bin

Last step- you need to add that file path to your system's PATH. Here is a great article, just follow these instructions:

https://www.architectryan.com/2018/03/17/add-to-the-path-on-windows-10/

Once you add the file path to your system's PATH, you may need to restart your PC before it works. Then run the code you wrote using Pillow and the error should be gone. Let me know if there are any more problems.